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...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting,9 petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,1 Than the foft myrtle ; — O,...

...thunder, As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting*, petty officer, Would nie his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy (harp and fulphurous bolt, Splitt'il the unwedgeable and gnarled f oak, Than the loft myrtle. But man,...

...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting,3 petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder.— Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,* Than the foft myrtle ; — O,...

...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy (harp and fulphurous bolt, Split'lt the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the foft myrtle ; — O,...

...thunder As Jove himfelf does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty oflicer, Would ufe his heaven for thunder; nothing but thunder. — Merciful heaven ! Thou rather, with thy fharp and fulphurous bolt, Split'ft the unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the foft myrtle ; — O,...

...quoties peccant homines sua fulmina mittat Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. " I. 1 27. And again, " Merciful heaven ! Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous...unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. " ' There is much affinity between the above lines and these in Persius, sat. ii. " Ignovisse putas,...